>> bri: you got to pass ashton kucher, this show. >> "fox & friends" will bring me up in their add willieville. now it's verified. >> steve: that's it for today. here is "america's newsroom." twisters, slamming down in the midwest. there is dramatic new video of these funnel clouds, roaring across the plains. >> oh my god! that thing is incredible! let's go right at it. it's coming right at us, guys! bill: when that happens you hit the gas and get out there, the national weather service still trying to confirm how many tornadoes touched down in nebraska. look at that storm move across the road! storm chasers captured at least three of them and we're getting reports of scattered damage, that storm even derailed a train, which gives you an idea about how much and -- about how much

drift and power it has. >> welcome, i'm bill heller in "america newsroom". >> i'm heather nauert. in for martha maccallum. no injuries across the midwest but that raw display of power, making it something people in the midwest won't long forget. >> i had to come off the highway because i wasn't sure what was going to happen, and it was as big as my palm, i thought i don't want to get around any of that. bill: that will break your windshield. janice dean, live in the fox weather center with more on what's happening. janice, good morning. >> reporter: incredibleful we're still not done with severe weather season, over 40 reports of torn aves, over 300 reports of severe weather, and take a look at the video from bradshaw, nebraska. most of these tornado reports coming out of nebraska and kansas. this looks like this -- this looks like something out of the wizard of oz. i can't believe the storm chasers are that close and we always warn people not to

do this. these are professional taking this video. this is out of silver creek, nebraska. that could be a barn or a house. just incredible. and it's amazing that no one was injured or killed in this round of severe weather. this is aurora, nebraska. textbook torn aid oarks unbelievable. it's like animation. it's really hard to watch this. really incredible video from nebraska. and unfortunately we have the threat of more severe weather for today. there are the tom reports, and it's june. we typically see the worst season in terms of severe weather in may but it does move into june, and again, we have the slow moving low pressure system, the cold front associated with us, bringing more heavy rain to regions that are already seeing record breaking rainfall and flooding across the missouri valley. that's the other part of this system. and in the cold front associated with it, it could bring more severe weather

across the gulf coast states. we have a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings and of course, we'll keep you up to date if we have tornado warnings which we could see at any time. bill: another round possibly today. janice, thank you for that, leading our coverage there. heather. >> let's talk about another state, kansas here. at least three tornadoes spot that state, powerful winds blowing over this tractor trailer, right in the middle of a highway. incredibly the driver walked away with just scrapes and bruises. >> during the time of day, rush hour traffic, very fortunate the only vehicle involved. >> the winds were causing minor injuries there. bill: we're getting details about the recent tornado activity, more than 40 reports of tornadoes and that weather was suggest a -- such a threat, it forced a suspension of play in omaha. it will continue, weather permitting. >> let's talk politics, a new face jump going the presidential fray, jonathan

hauntsman to -- announced he is steping in for president. hauntsman will make his bid for the white house from new jersey with lady liberty as his backdrop. the location is a significant spot, the same spot that ronald reagan launched his campaign in 1980. eric shawn is live at liberty state park in new jersey. what are we expecting from his speech? there are a whole lot of folks who may not even recognize the guy, who may not even recognize his voice, so a lot of people will be closely listen to go what he has to say. >> he is the former 2-term governor of utah, as well as the former administration, ambassador to china. we expect within the hour john huntsman will come to the stage and announce he wants his old boss' job. mr. hauntsman is a morman, son of a utah billionaire, he is expressing credentials as a solid conservative but also has moderate

conditions. he is prolife but also procivil union, though against same sex marriage. he is expected to say the federal decifit is one of the greatest threats to america today, he supports paul ryan's efforts to try to curb medicare, says that troops should be withdrawn from afghanistan quicker, does not support the action by nato in libya but does burnish his international credentials. he is fluet in man dar rin, having served as ambassador to china. >> what are we expecting from conservatives in the republican party, especially since he is supporting sieve unions and other things that many conservatives are not excited about? >> he has critics on both sides of the aisle. the democrats are hammering away at the fact that he supported obama administration polices such as the stimulus plan, democrats in utah also saying he supported cap and trade there. so heather, perhaps in a way to try and burnish his conservative credentials let me show you where he is in

making this announcement, this historic site is liberty state park, right behind the rear of the statue of liberty, and as we said, let's show thaw picture of why this is so meaningful, the symbolic venue is where president ronald reagan announced here in 1980, so today, mr. huntsman perhaps trying to take a bit of that as his legacy during his announcement. he will skip iowa, concentrate on new hampshire, south carolina, and in fact his campaign is based in florida, and after jetting off to new hampshire later today, he will return to manhattan for a fund-raiser. so for huntsman, off and running, we expect this announcement here in just under an hour from now. heather, back to you. >> eric shawn, thank you very much. that is a busy day for the candidate, up in new hampshire, back to new york to raise money. bill: and that iconic photo with reagan standing in the same election. hauntsman support -- huntsman supporters are calling him a different candidate, a theme he's trying to hit with ads like

this: >> ♪ >> bill: that tomorrow on the screen is today, the former utah governor will announce his can daysy in an hour's time and we'll bring it live in "america's newsroom" and off we go from here. >> just so we know who is in and out, there are maybes in the republican pool, so far, no word from former alaska governor sarah palin, on whether she'll run and no former move yet from america's mayor, rudy giuliani. buddy romo launched an exploratory committee in march and john bolton, also a potential, but so far, no formal announcement. if they want to do it, they've got to get going pretty quickly. bill: the list is long but we know it will grow longer. it will grow by one in 60 minutes time. the frontrunner many consider continues his push in idaho. mitt romney starting with breakfast in boise, ending with a lunch in idaho falls,

and since announcing his candidacy, romney has been focused about jobs, but a new gallup poll shows that his religion could be a factor, that poll showing 22 percent of americans would not vote for a mooreman candidate. -- for a morman candidate. take a listen to his response. >> i'm delighted to be here in idaho falls, it's a great stirks beautiful city, love it here. my guess is people are going to make their decision as to who to vote for, who they think will get americans jobs again. >> john huntsman is also a morman. see how that plays, at a at all, over time. >> mitt romney already catching heat from his conservative competitors -- competitors, saying he is playing both sides from key republican valiums. rick santorum will tell us what he means. bill: he's been to iowa 19 times. he wants to wirntion right? those are some of the stories we're watching now. early now on in "america's newsroom". here is what's coming up.

the casey anthony case is back in action at the moment, after the judge scold dollars the attorneys for what he called gotcha tactics, then abruptly canceled court for the entire day. what do we expect now? is this whole thing heading for a mistrial as some wonder? >> we'll talk to the judge about that in a bit. in the meantime the clock is ticking but no deal on the table to tackle our debt. several senators say they have a plan. it's called cut, cap and balance. huh? is this thing going to work? we'll talk about it. bill: christy is at it again. wait until you heard what his answer was to a woman -- christie is at it again. wait until you heard this response. it's classic christie. >> i'm fighting now because now is the time that matters most in new jersey's future. we are teterring on the edge of disaster.

>> right now there is a massive man hunt underway on new york's long island, looking for a cirl.

police in suffolk county releasing these pictures from a surveillance video at a pharmacy where they say this suspect shot and killed four people. now, one of the victims, just a 17-year-old girl, a high school senior, days away from graduation. >> we believe this suspect is a drug user. and should be considered armed and dangerous. >> we're asking those who work in pharmacies, especially smaller stores off the beaten track, to be extra vigilant. we ask that extreme caution be used when opening and closing the store. >> suffolk county police are hoping the pictures will help to lead them to the killer. bill: awful story, too. right? hope the guy is arrested by now with those pictures. >> just a matter of time. bill: right on. it did not take long for the gloves to come off, rick santorum hammering romney over his refusal to sign a prolife pledge. the former massachusetts governor, romney, the

frontrunner in this race, but this man wants to change that, rick santorum. he's been to awz 39 times, and senator, good morning to you, and welcome back to america's "america's newsroom". >> we played the huntsman ad, '10 minutes ago, that he's been riding for about -- running for literally the last week or so. you put an ad that responds directly to hauntsman. there are no words that are spoken, and only words on the screen. let's watch this carefully and come back and talk about it. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ you're going after romney, you're going after huntsman. that's like a cardinal sin in republican politics. what's going on?

>> it's good natured fun. and governor huntsman's unorthodox ads, but what is on-- unorthodox, we have two republicans running for president who refuse to sign a pledge that is not a tough pledge to sign. it's a susan b. anthony, which is a great group in washington, d.c. that supports particularly prolife women who run for office, and what the pledge is simply, that you'll appoint people to positions of importance of the prolife community, attorney general, direct of of nih and secretary of health and human services, that are prolife, because they are important issues for those three positions, not everybody, just those three positions, and ones very same to that, then you'll basically sign on to all of the prolife legislation in congress. we're not talking about a constitutional amendment, they're not talking about rape and insist exceptions. this is a pretty low bar for any prolife candidate to sign and those two won't

sign it. bill billion the reason why that issue is so important, you have a lot of conservative voters, frankly, in iowa. mike huckabee showed that was -- >> the republican party is a strongly prolife party. whoever is going to get this nomination i believe is going to be strongly prolife and i think it needs to be pointed out, that there are people in the field like mitt romney, like john huntsman, soon to be in the field and her man cain who won't sign that pledge, i think that's a distinguishing point. and look, as this campaign goes on, we're going to start distinguishing ourselves. the focus is on obama but we have to provide a choice for people to decide who they want to be their nominee. bill: my point is, in 2008, that's what brought mike huckabee is victory in iowa. >> look, i don't make any bones about the fact this i'm a proud social conservative. i talk about these issues, they're important i believe not just in iowa but in this country that we have a country that respects life and the dignity of every human person and i'm going to talk about those issues and they're going to be at the core of what i do.

bill: you are running uphill, based on some of the polling we've watched. the one poll we can show from the "wall street journal" that was out just recently, you know, here are the top four and you're nowhere to be found, mitt romney, 30 percent, rick perry, at the bottom 598 percent. you're below that. you've got work to do. you're trying also to shift the focus on president obama. you said a comment recently, maybe he's eating mushrooms, i don't know what he's doing, you can't make this up. what does that mean? >> i was talking about eric holder and his comment yesterday, a day before, i can't remember, i guess it was yesterday, where he was saying that the greatest tool that the united states has in fighting terrorism is our civilian court system. which is remarkable that the attorney general of the united states would say the greatest tool we have against those who break every conceivable law known to man, to do destruction on society, the greatest tool we have is to give them constitutional rights that every man and woman in america have, provide them all the legal protection

they possibly have in order for us to be able to investigate them. that is just -- it's counter to any reality that i'm awarer of, and that's why i threw that line in, he must be under some influence because he certainly isn't thinking clearly. bill: thank you for your time, senator. we're going to speak again. nineteen times in iowa, 20 times in new hampshire. do you feel you're gaining traction? >> oh yeah, there's no question. look, these national polls, they're great, but they don't -- they measure california, they don't measure what's going on in iowa, new hampshire, they don't measure what the grass roots activists are doing. we're doing very well -- very well, i'm excited about the response i'm thinking and -- about the response i'm getting, and i'll looking forward to down the road. >> a busy day in politics indeed. a showdown in dealing with illegal immigrants. how far can a state go to tackle a problem they say the federal government is failing on? there's a federal judge in georgia who is set to ware in.

we'll tell you about it. bill: whether you're cruise to go the beach or just driving to work, why one side of your body may be more at risk for skin cancer. >> ♪ >> summer breeze, makes me feel fine. >> ♪ >> ♪ gong through theou've ben h jasmine in my mind. a jasmine in my mind. a >> ♪, >> ♪ >> ♪

bill: right now developing in "america's newsroom", intense new fighting breaking out in libya, rebels and proqaddafi forces exchanging bullets and rockets and mortars in the key northern towns. today is anthony weiner's last day in congress, his resignation letter will be read on the house floor today. that becomes effective at midnight later tonight. first lady michelle obama traveling to south africa, we just learned she will meet with former south

african president nelson mandela, her daughters sasha and malea and a few cousins are with her on this trip. heather. >> bill, thank you very much. a brand new warning for millions of american drivers this summer. you want to listen to this. because you might want to think twice before rolling down your car window and exposing your arm to the sun. there's a new study that just came out that are signs that you may increase your risk to skin cancer by doing that. joining me is dermatologist dr. doris day. there are really skin cancers that are more common on your right side than left side and driving is to blame? >> depend -- depend fg you're the passenger or the driver, it could be more on the left or right. that's because the ultraviolet raise go through glass so uvb that makes you burn is blocked by glass, if you have windows up you're blocked from that but uva raise go through glass and we know that over time that causes skin cancer. >> we should be wearing sunscreen when we're

driving. >> absolutely. if you're going on a road trip, wear sunscreen, even if at home, sitting by a window, you need to wear sunscreen indoors. >> what about my children? i was in the car, the sun was coming in on them, my husband said are they safe, the answer is yes, then. >> it doesn't have to be sunny. it is true on cloudy days. it is important to have protection from uvb and uva raise w450eu8 indoors. >> and putting up the wind sow not enough. >> it's not enough. the good news is there are companies that make films that you could put on a window. this is optically clear, so it won't affect your vision or view from the winnow but will protect against uva and uvb raise. >> this is an after market film that we can apply themselves? >> the car manufacturer may put it on for you or you can go to certain websites and look for a film for cars, and -- or for your windows for homes as well. >> there was important news that came out last week about sunscreen, covering uva, as well as uvb raise.

what do you tell folks? >> i say look for broad spectrum protection, because that will tell you it blocks uva and uvb, look for spf50 or higher and reapply every two hours. >> this is important either at the beach or unfortunately driving, as we now know. doris day, thank you very much. >> thank you. bill: i can feel the temperature on my skin, what do i do, i'm driving down the road, trying to change gears. i got the suntan on my hands >> wear protection! >> bill: joke. thank you, doctor. good to see you again. we showed thank you incredible video of tornadoes ripping through south central nebraska. watch this: >> watch the train! yeah, that's violent again. >> hear those guys? they are storm chairs. we'll talk to one of them who shot that videotape, coming up today. >> plus there's a live look inside the casey anthony courtroom. court is back in session after a judge, blasting lawyers on both sides, a

dramatic day yesterday. we'll bring you the latest.

bill: so the casey anthony murder trial is back in session in orlando, it begins promptly at 9:00 a.m. eastern time, court recessing early yesterday, though, after the judge went off on the attorneys, attorney on both sides in this case: >> if i was the state or the

defense, i would make sure when we recess this afternoon that i would go through the reports of all my experts and make sure that their opinions were contained in the reports or depositions. bill: speaks softly but he carries a heavy gavel, doesn't he? i mean, he's no lance ito, the trial wearing the -- nearing the one month mark, the defense is now in its fourth day of calling witnesses. today marks day 24 of the trial. they take sundays off and that's it. phil keating is at the courthouse in orlando. did casey's parents talk or react to the admonition of this judge? >> reporter: he contacted their attorney last night, the attorney for george and cindy anthony, and they said based on all these

violations, that clearly jose baez is going to have to deal with once this trial is over, judge perry is going to then consider citing him for contempt, the assistant prosecutor, jeff ashton yesterday prepared a brand new sanctions package because the events of the weekend. the attorney for george and cindy anthony with their daughter possibly facing death row asked about her attorney's performance, they say they don't have any contact with him at this point. it's a tenuous relationship at best, george and cindy say they actually had requested to have a meeting with their daughter, casey, in jail, days before the trial got underway, and that the sheriff's department had actually agreed, because those are public, they would be tape-recorded, to withhold that videotape from being released to the public for two weeks, but they say mr. baez prevented that. they did add that the more mistakes jose baez makes perhaps betters their chance

for appeal. bill: there is a witness that's been twice delayed. who is this person and will they testify today, phil? >> reporter: we expect that dr. bill rodriquez will eventually at some point today testify, looking inside the courtroom right now, you can see the first defense witness of the day, jennifer welch, a crime scene investigator with the sheriff's department, she has testified throughout the trial, she just finished talking about phot on the floor, but mr. richardson whose opinion about the duct tape, he was going to testify that scientifically speaking, there's absolutely no, 100 percent way, to know for sure the position of the duct tape prior to the decomposition, because once the skin and muscle tissues move, then the animals move the bones around in weather over six month necessary the woods, you can't say. prosecutors did not have forewarning for that, so that's what they objected to, but we will expect he will testify today and the cross-examination, you can expect it will be very rough. bill: phil, thank you for that. phil keating is watching it in orlando. keep it here on fox, the

latest developments when they happen in that trial, we will get back to them. also a special hour of "studio b" with shepard smith today, wall to wall coverage on the casey anthony case, 3:00 p.m. eastern time with shep and if that doesn't give you your fix, it's always online, all the time, fox news.com. you cannot escape, america! thirty-three past. >> did you hear about this one? this is a big deal in the south, the fate' georgia's immigration law is now in the hands of a federal judge, the law and all of its provisions are set to take effect on july 1st. now, it would authorize state and local police to verify the immigration status of certain suspects, and it would also punish those who knowingly transport or harbor illegal aliens. critics say this law is unconstitutional, supporters say it is necessary because the government has failed to protect our borders. jordan cycalo, attorney for american law and justice, good morning, thank you for joining us. >> good morning, heather. >> our opponents are saying this would basically

interfere with the federal government's ability to enforce immigration and and promote racial profying. where are they wrong? >> we know it's wrong when it comes down to e verify, the federal system for employers to use to check peoples' status, so when they submit paperwork to get a job, the federal government put this to together, arizona mandates employers to do it, georgia says under this law if you have more than ten employees, you have use it, the seem court said the arizona law on e verify is constitutional, so certainly jazz's law, which is strot as stringent is constitutional as well. on the more controversial points, when it comes to arizona, there was a lot of controversy over reasonable suspicion to check peoples' immigration status under the georgia law, a crime has to be committed separate from the immigration or illegal immigration crime to even start check thank status, so that's also not as stringent >> hold on, on that point for a second, back in the state of arizona and part of what was so controversial is

that officers could check the immigration status if they had suspicion, but in georgia, it's different, they would actually have to commit a crime, blow through a traffic light, for example, in order to get pulled over, and then an officer could check one's immigration status. because this is essentially a watered down version of arizona, is it going to make it more likely that the judge is going to put his or her stamp of approval on this and this will be implemented? >> you know, it's interesting, this judge was rumored to maybe rule yesterday, right after the trial, and he's decided, he said that he'll at least rule by next friday. that's when the law is supposed to go into effect, july 1st. it could come much sooner, it could come in a few moments, but he's a clinton appointee, so you can look at the political situation there, remembering this is just at the district court level, and this is really about the preliminary injunction. i think, you know, we'll see what the judge does. i wouldn't be surprised if he issues an injunction against this law but long term, i think arizona and georgia will be successful at the u.s. supreme court, and so they may put -- the liberal judges may be able

to put some halt in some hurdles along the way, but ultimately this will be decided by our nation's highest courts. >> the judge yesterday, focusing not so much on the constitutionality of this issue but rather the practicality of it and he was basically saying how would he enforce this or how could this be enforced in what is truly a fair way, and an example that he gave during court was a kid could be pulled out of school, for example, whereas an illegal immigrant who's maybe working in a back office or working in a kitchen or something could not as easily be identified. so how do you enforce it this way? >> you enforce it, one, by training law enforcement officials. every state that's enacted these laws and states looking at it are spinning -- spending state resources, the states that want t. gubernatorial candidates that want it, support these laws, that costs money and the citizens want police to be trained. second, i think we have to remember, unfortunately, some of these situations, as unfortunate as they can be these people are violating the laws of america, they

are illegal, so they have to face the consequences of what happens when you violate u.s. law, whether at the state or federal level. the third point which no one likes to talk about who's opposed to the laws, it's really the employers themselves and people who are citizens who are assisting illegal immigrants that face the toughest penalties. that's why the big business community is so opposed to these laws. >> and the supreme court, backing up the use of e verify as you talk about. jordan, we're going to have to leave it there, thanks a lot. a handful of states working on these issues. we'll focus a lot more on this in the future. bill: checking the markets right now, heather, what is going on on wall street, seven minutes into the day on trading and stocks are confused. one day they're hammered, the other day, they're up and right now, we're up! about 38 points right now, investors trying to gauge what happens in greece, frankly, and whether or not europe comes to the rescue and if so, or if they do not, what happens because of that and how does that affect us. >> and whether or not we realize it, so many of us are invested in things over

there. bill: a decent day yesterday, up about 76 for the dow 30. so we'll see where we finish up today. we're underway here in new york. heather: let's get back to this, senator john mccain ignite ago firestorm with comments about the massive wildfire in his state, he says that illegal immigrants could be partly to blame for some of these fires, of course, critics coming out, slamming the adds sen -- senator and he's firing back. bi-bell and not backing down. >> reporter: also $14 trillion in debt and republicans say the president doesn't get it. in moments, one of them, congressman scott garrett, is here, we'll ask him about a pledge called cut, cap and balance. is that our fiscal fix? that's next.

>> new warnings this morning after great white shark is spotted off the coast of sphran, swimmers at stinson beach scrambling out the waters after the shark was spotted just 300 yards off shore. >> it was pretty dramatic.

the beach was completely empty of the water, in like five minutes. >> we will restrict the water to swimmers, to knee-deep swimming for the next five days, and we right now are set to close through thursday. heather: boy. that shark is believed to be 8-10 feet long. bill: holy cow! that would be enough to keep us off the beach for a while heather: between that and sunscreen! bill: in ten days, congress is scheduled to recess for the summer and lawmakers are still in disagreement about a budget deal. the cap, cap and -- cut, cap and balance, what is that all about? it's about tackling debt on your screen, $14 trillion in debt. vice chair of the house budget committee, welcome to "america's newsroom". cut, cap and balance. in summary, it does the following: it cuts spending across the board, it caps government spending, and it includes a balanced budget

amendment. do you favor this? >> i do. actually, i was one who helped craft that for the rsc, the republican study committee, as our approach to try to deal with the upcoming issue of the debt limit, because many members of the congress don't want to raise it at all and the question is if we do raise it, what do we want to get back from the administration, what do we do to reign in spending over the short term, middle term and long term. bill: i want to get numbers from you, i want to get an idea on this massive budget we have here and the huge hole that we have to deal with, how we can trim it down. cut spending. what's acceptable to you? >> in our original proposal, we need to basically cut the decifit in half in the only year that we actually control the budget cycle, which is 2012, so that's cutting $300 billion, to up to $380 billion in cutting out of the 2012 budget. so we need to do that right now. bill: that's $380 billion, is that right? >> uh-huh. bill: cap government

spending. how would you do that? and explain like where washington would be cut off. >> so what you do there is try to implement what we tried in past years, things likes graham rudman sort of caps going forward, try to do it in a better way that addresses emergency spending and all the loopholes they've had in the past and there's a couple of bills to do it, so when it does in law n. statute t. says going forward, you will have limits on how much you can spend each year. it's a cap. graham-rudman type thing. bill: now, what is the possibility of getting those first two done, before i get to number three? >> number three, which is the big one, they will have to be done if we really want to be serious about addressing the fiscal problems we're having right now. everything that's coming out so far out of washington is just going around the edges. you know, vice president biden is coming in, he says well, what we need to do is go in the other direction, raise taxes, increase investments, an area, which is another way of saying increased spending and more regulation.

that's the wrong approach, that's the failed approach. we have to go in and deal with entitlements, discretionary spending and really bring down the size and spending level of government. bill: this third item is the balanced budget amendment. i know several republicans support this. >> sure. bill: it's a tall hill to climb, though. do you get a sense now that democrats are willing to support this, also? because you would need their help to get it done. >> we'll need their help. we'll need their help from the american people, actually, to put pressure on the democrats in the house and senate to realize look, you can do things short term, 2012, do things midterm, over the next several years, but if you really want to send a message to the marketplace that we're serious about this, you have to say we're going to change the way we operate and the only way you can totally, truly constrain and control congress is through the constitution. and that's why you need a balanced budget amendment. bill: otherwise, washington is going to find a way to get back in your pocket somewhere. >> they always do! bull bill ron johnson is a rookie senator out of wisconsin, and he says

president obama's phoning it in when it comes to the debt and budget matter. marco rubio is a rookie senator from florida, also. and he says senate democrats haven't bothered to pass a budget of their own in more than two years. >> that's true. bill: is this becoming strictly a partisan battle, or do you believe what the vice president is doing, behind closed doors, will give america hope that we can cut our costs? >> well, i'm always -- i always try to be optimistic and i always want to have hope, but so far, the rhetoric, the public pronouncements of what the vice president is doing as of february doesn't go in the right direction. doesn't go where the american public. the american public, in a bipartisan approach, if you look at polls numbers on this as far as the debt limit is concerned, it's not d or r, a democrat or republican issue, the vast majority are saying don't raise the debt limit at all because they know we can't keep using that credit card. bill: do you agree with senator johnson when he says

the white house is phoning it? >> i agree that certainly the president hasn't been engaged. i was at the white house 2 1/2 weeks ago and we asked the president point blank, you know, where are you on your proposals, where are you on your specifics and he said well, i'm sort of deferring to vice president biden on that. bill: you're saying he was not engaged in that conversation? >> he was not engaged. he sort of, as he's done in a lot of other areas, punted it off to someone else, but we are at such a crucial point, a profound point in our economic situation in this country, the president has not to get not only engaged, he has to tell us what's his plan. as you already pointed out, they haven't passed a budget in a couple of years now, they haven't come back with a specific game plan as to where they could see us getting the economy back in a fiscal situation. what's his plan? >> bill: thank you for coming in today, okay? we'll wait and see where this things goes. appreciate it. in a moment here, you with go to foxnews.com/"america's newsroom". there's a bya box there, leave a question, if you would like, heather. shoot me an e-mail, hemmer,

foxnews.com, twitter me, bill hemmer, because you asked, bya got a great question coming up regarding the future for the american military overseas and how all that works into this dynamic. heather: sounds like a good one. in the meantime, there is this: he is known for taking on the teachers union in the state of new jersey, but wait until you see what happens when governor chris christie is called out over his own children's education. plus, there's this: >> it's coming right at us. coming right at us, guys! bill: that is the real deal and it just happened. the storm chaser who shot that incredible video is here live, in minutes.

>> bill: there is a critical vote set to get underway in athens, greece, that could greatly affect our economy at home, the greek prime minister facing a vote of confidence in parliament as that country struggles with mass protests amid their financial crisis. we'll see whether or not that happens. >> watch the train. >> yeah, that's violent again. yeah, that's too violent. see what it does to these rail cars. wow, listen to this! oh, my god! >> my god. >> that thing is incredible. heather: take a look at that. hard to believe there are people who make a living chasing those things and they actually get a thrill out of it. let's talk to one of them, the incredible video shot by a storm chasing crew in the state of nebraska. more than 40 reports of

twisters there, and still counting. the funnel clouds spawned by a severe storm system that tore across the region yesterday. joining us now on the phone from columbus, nebraska is brandon ivy, a storm chaser and meteorologist who shot this. every time i see these videos and guys chasing them, i think what were you thinking! >> well, it's just a big thrill to be out there chasing them. and you know, definitely, we want to forewarn communities, so we kind of have that role as storm chasers as well. but to get that close to a tornado, words can't really describe it. i mean, it's just such a mesmerizing feeling to be so close to something so powerful like that. and the beautiful thing about this tornado was, you know, it was in open country, and there were no major communities in the path of it. >> so this thing is just tearing through the fields. we can't see it from the perspective of your

videocamera there. but what is your sense as to how far this tornado was away from you? >> we definitely got within 50 yards of a couple of the tornadoes yesterday. >> that is awfully dangerous. you know, as well as anybody, that these things can just turn around and come right at you. do you ever think about your own security there? >> yeah, we do, but we really pay close attention to the way the tornadoes track, and definitely, if they're really strong, violent tornadoes in the f4, f5 category, we back off. but this torn ao had such a tight circulation, you could get relatively close, and the wind speed for -- they were still pretty decent, in the 60-80-mile per hour range, but until you really step inside that funnel, the really extreme ones are hidden within that tornado vortex. heather: what are you feeling, what are you

hearing at this time? it's got to sound like a freight train just rolling through. >> yeah, definitely, the power of these tornadoes, you can definitely hear them, and when they're in open fields like that, it sounds like niagra falls, you know, a real loud jet engine or a really powerful rushing waterfall. you know, you have all kinds of mixed emotions going through your mind when you're that close to something so powerful, but you're also just kind of amazed, because even though they can be so powerful and damaging, they can be so mesmerizing and beautiful at the same time. this torn ao is highly photo genic. heather: this is not for the faint of heart and we certainly would not encourage regular folks to go out there and do what you're doing. doesn't look exactly safe but we are happy to see your video and thank you very much for sharing it with us. brandon ivy from nebraska, all those storms rolling on through. the bad weather has fortunately moved to the east so folks out there are

safe. bill: you can hear them one time, they hit the gas in that car! trying to get out of there. heather: i'd be doing the same thing. bill: i agree. a bombshell report in how the white house is dealing with illegal immigration. is this another way to get to an amnesty bill to millions of illegals? we'll have that for you. heather: just minutes away from a major announcement. john huntsman will introduce himself to america. what's his pitch and how will he sound? we're about to find out. 

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bill: breaking news, and we are about to get yet another white house hopeful, set to throw his hat in the rippinng, jon huntsm likely a cowboy hat or motorcycle hat, set to make a splash on the national stage with a symbol of freedom that's background and will run, and

announce across the statue of liberty, and, i'm bill hemmer, welcome, welcome back, heather. heather: great to be here, in for martha maccallum and he's considered to be a moderate republican, running on a record of creating jobs and business growth. bill: that announcement was set for 10:00 a.m. eastern time, and now we are told there was a delay because of technical reasons and if that is the image, from liberty state park in new jersey, as we watch that the way chris stirewalt, for you fox news digital politics editor, good morning to you. >> and to you. bill: thank you very much. what does he offer america? huntsman? >> well, right now, he's more interested in what he can offer new hampshire and florida and will get to the rest of the country, later on, but, now, the pitch. heather: he's got to find a way to get around mitt romney, who currently looks like the heavy favorite, not just in the republican field but to lock up those states with more moderate electorates and, a year everybody expects a conservative

republican nominee, he's playing to mod the derate ruptures. bill: th-- moderate republicans bill: this is the ad kicked off last week and this is the revision made yesterday and you will see a guy riding through the desert, rather unique. roll this and i'm get you to comment: >>. bill: that's not the way it is supposed to work. the motorcycle, actually drives. >> okay. bill: was it effective. >> not just there, no! but, in general, perhaps. look, what huntsman is trying to do, is like what john mccain did with george w. bush and he has the same campaign staff, as a matter of fact, john mccain had, in 2000 against george w. bush

and mccain shocked bush in new hampshire and rallied moderate and liberal republicans to his cause as they tried to undo a more conservative front-runner and this is playing out slightly differently, this year, because mitt romney, the current republican front-runner, already is more moderate and is already trying to lock up those votes. so, this is really a struggle between mitt romney an huntsman, they are both mormon and more moderate than the rest of the feed and are starting what could be a grudge match up and down the east coast. bill: he's married, age 51, has 7 kids, served as many people noted, including yourself, served as the u.s. ambassador to china, under the president, president obama. and, there are pictures of him getting off planes with the secretary of state, hillary clinton. and there is an iconic image from 1980, of president ronald reagan, and, in that exact location, liberty state park and he announced his run for the nomination, in 1980.

can huntsman channel a man like ronald reagan? knowing that he has been criticized by the right for favoring civil unions among gay partners? doesn't think climate change is a myth. >> his biggest challenge in that regard, yes, there are the gay issues and also, the issues about the environment. but, the biggest problem for huntsman with the republican base, is that he went and -- in furtherance of president obama's agenda internationally as ambassador to china and that connection is this thing, that is most troubling to the republican base and as we have seen, the obama administration, and his campaign working hard to remind voters, look, this is a guy who is on board with our plan and a guy who joined us in the process. and, now, yes, he's changing his tune, but, this guy is basically somebody who would -- was on board with the obama agenda. bill: can he get that to work in his favor, chris? can he say, look, you know, our

biggest threat, right now, economically speaking, is china. and i'm fluent in mandarin, i lived there as a u.s. diplomat, i understand what china is doing more than most. >> you make a good point and the republican base is certainly alarmed about the rise of china as an economic and potentially military rival to the united states. but, what former ambassador has not yet done and may yet do, is raise a louder alarm about china and he talked about the growth of china and he said he thinks they are headed for a fall, if he's ready to start really talking about in very stark terms, the kind of terms the rest of the republican field uses, maybe he can turn it into a positive and no matter what you will see the same footage you showed earlier of he and obama together, and, unified on one goal for china and that is going to be pretty tough to get around, outside of the place like new hampshire. bill: it is a pretty picture and it's always windy down there and

they'll battle with that in the a moment and premium are primarily interested in what he sounds like and the level of confidence he has in his voice and what his message is and when that happens we'll bring it to our viewers, live, chris, thank you for coming in, chris stirewalt in washington. how interested are you in governor jon huntsman as the candidate for the oval office? our question of the day at foxnews.com/"america's newsroom." log on and tell us what you think. 75% say they are the not interested. more to come. heather: a handful of miracles to tell you about this morning, emerging from a catastrophic plane crash overseas, at least 44 people died when a russian commercial jet crashed north of moscow, not far from the border with finland and the former soviet republic and amazingly, 8 people arevised the crash including a ten-year-old boy and a female flight attendant and investigators say the aircraft slammed into the ground and caught fire while trying to land

in foggy weather. amazing anybody made it out of that alive. a miracle. bill: back at home, video out of atlanta, a delta flight made an emergency landing shortly after take-off and investigators trying to determine the engine problem that forced flight 1323, bound for l.a. to turn back around midnight last night. and the plane carrying 174 passengers, landed safely, witnesses saying the emergency crews were spraying water on the engines. as soon as they touched ground. heather: to washington now, the president is set to announce tomorrow his plan to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan. and the administration hassett next month as the deadline, to start bringing home our troops, and, handing more responsibility over to the afghan security forces. mike manuel is live for us today at the white house, good morning, mike. and there are reports out, that as many as 10,000 troops are likely to be pulled out by the end of this year. what are you hearing from the white house? >> reporter: heather, here's the

white house, they say they don't want to talk numbers, the president is still making his final decision. knowledgeable sources outside of the building say that 10,000 figure by the end of the year is the likely high water mark, of the options given to the commander-in-chief, there may have been 3,000, 5,000 or 10,000 and so we know that the commanders favor a more modest withdrawal and here's the white house, that focuses on process at this point. here's jay carney. >> strategy and the objectives are the same. and, the decision about the size and pace of the drawdown is made, after an assessment of how far we have come in achieving our objective. >> reporter: the key thing everybody will be watching for is the pace of withdrawing and all of the surge forces, whether it will be next summer or by next fall, heather? heather: micro mke manuel, we'l

watch that closely as the president speaks out about that tomorrow. bill: say hello to the former governor of utah, jon huntsman. >>... president of the united states of america. [applause]. >> thank you, thank you. >> my kids can't believe i just said that and i'm asking for the greatest privilege americans can bestow on a fellow citizen. and you are entitled to know the reasons why. you see, today, americans are experiencing through no fault of their own something that is totally alien to them. a sense that the deck is stacked against them, by forces totally beyond their control. no matter how hard they work, save, and plan, the opportunities are not there for them that were present for

previous generations. perhaps saddest of all, we have lost faith in ourselves. for the first time in history, we are passing down to the next generation a country that is less powerful, less compassionate, less competitive, and less confident than the one we got. this, ladies and gentlemen, is totally unacceptable and it is totally unamerican. [applause]. >> and it need not, must not, will not be our permanent condition. we will not be the first american generation that lets done the next generation. we have the power, we have the means, we have the character to astonnish the world again by making from adversity a new and

better country. this inexhaustible land of promise and opportunity. you see, we have everything a nation could ever hope for. we have our freedom, we have rule of law, the longest surviving constitution and our abiding belief in personal responsibility, we have freedom of speech, religion, and press, we produce a quarter of the world's gdp and we are the most productive society on earth. we have the finest colleges and universities and the most skilled, powerful and selfless armed forces. bill: jon huntsman is in. at one time in his life he worked for presidents ronald reagan and president journal herbert walker bush, back in the

1980s and jon huntsman wants the nomination from the republican party, said to be a strong challenger, perhaps, to mitt romney and both men are mormon. and huntsman has a long track record. most recently, serving as u.s. ambassador in china, and, today, he's in the fight for the nomination, he's in the battle, right there at liberty state park, a beautiful stay here in the northeast, a picture-perfect moment and now, we see whether or not his message we're listening to sells to the folks in iowa and new hampshire and as you heard, chris stirewalt say a moment ago, florida, especially. heather: so many folks in washington are saying if he can make it through the primary and if he gets the republican nomination this is the one the white house really fears. a lot of ground to cover. bill: you've got it and we'll onio analyze this and a short internal memo could be a game changer in the border battle between this u.s. and mexico and what the administration is telling agents to do or, more

precisely what not to doish. heather: and new jersey's tough talking governor, chris christie was asked why his kids don't go to public schools and you don't want to miss his response. bill: the most watched trial in america and talk of a mistrial for casey anthony and the judge warns both sides, and judge jeanine pirro inside the courtroom will break it down for us. here's the judge. >> we can't anticipate everything but sh, enough is enough. well, v8 v-fusion juice gives you a full serving of vegetables, plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. and try our deliciously refreshing v8 v-fusion + tea. [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums

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principal areas that need improvement is the homemaker as we have said time and again. he has a great report coming up in 20 minutes. stay tuned for that. heather: a bombshell new report out the obama administration is playing politics with controversial border issues. we're hearing that the immigrations and customs enforcement agency is actually relaxing the enforcement of border laws, which critics are now calling a back door offer of amnesty, here's part of an ice memo acquired by the daily caller, saying: when weighing whether and exercise of prosecutorial discretion may be warranted, ice agents an attorneys should consider all rel events factors, including and not limited to circumstances of the person's arrival in the u.s. and, ice responded with the statement, and mark kerkorian, joins us,

and we heard about the memo, basically saying don't deport illegals if they are doing good things in the country and if they have family members serving in the military or in an educational program. what is your reaction to that? >> well, this is an attempt, really administrativeladministrr to pass the dream act the legislation that came up last year and congress didn't pass it and the kind of amnesty, targeted amnesty, and, what this memo is attempting to do, is implement, basically the idea of the amnesty, amnesty for certain groups of people. without congress's permission. and, administrative amnesty. heather: a back doorway of being able to pass what congress could not get through and it is done time and time again, in washington, d.c., whether with regard to health care or other things. so, it should come as no surprise to folks. but, let me ask you this, because, some of the agents and folks in law enforcement say,

look, we only have finite resources and cannot pick up everyone and this is a way for us to target the truly bad people, the criminals, and kick them out of the country, but, leave people in the u.s., who are at least attempting to better themselves and add to society. what do you say to that? >> they always had the discretion, you have to have wiggle room if you are enforcing the law, it's a blunt instrument and with the administration it is all wiggle room and no law and this is not giving ice agents any authority they didn't already have. this is a political memo, to tell the open borders groups, the aclu and the rest of them the administration is really on their side. it doesn't really want to enforce the law, either. although it has to do law enforcement to satisfy the neanderthals who watch fox news but they will chastise, essentially, their own

immigration agents and telling them they are being too tough in order to make the aclu. heather: which ties into the 2012 election, and we received a statement from ice, can we put that up now? and they say, the directive clearly states that the exercise of discretion is appropriate in cases involving threats to public safety, in other words, getting the bad guys out first and we started talking about 2012 and 2012 politics and there's a lot of people out there who are upset with the president, believing that he has not done enough, to address immigration reform. and, congressman gutierrez from illinois is one of them, a democrat, and, he is basically criticizing the president. and i think we have a sound bite or statement from him. he says: it's not about voting for the tequila party, it is about not voting for republicans. i don't see latinos doing that. what i see is them staying home and, the latino party is a grassroots group and what he is

basically saying is that the -- if the president doesn't do more, to stop deportation, hispanics will stay home. >> that assumes immigration is an overwhelming issue or hispanic voters an poll after poll shows it isn't, they are americans like everybody else and are concerned with the same stuff everybody else is and this is directed to the hispanic and left wing advocacy groups themselves, in other words, guys like gutierrez and the aclu, because the administration is saying, look, we agree with you we'd laike to stop all enforcement and the bad republicans will not let us and so we are trying to kind of split the difference and have our cake and eat it, too. and they aration we ae atiosayig enforcement and boasting about it and, the memo, on the other hand, undercuts enforcement. heather: we have to leave it there, this will make a lot of

headlines, with the center for immigration studies, mark, thank you very much. bill: and no neanderthals watch the fox news channel, maybe other news channels, not this one. heather: right. bill: he's been wanted for years and now nethe feds are taking t the airwaves to find whitey bulger. >> a fugitive on the fbi's most wanted list. catherine is his girlfriend, he has a violent temper and, is charged with 19 murders. bill: one of america's most notorious and infamous mobsters. heather: and prosecutors and defense attorneys on thin ice on the is ay anthony trial, a warning, a very serious warning, from the judge and the possibility of a mistrial. judge jeanine pirro is live at the courthouse. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003.

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bill: there's a new tactic in the hunt for one of america's longest rung fugitives, whitey bulger, wanted in connection with at least 19 murders on the lam since 1995 and now the fbi is turning to his long time girlfriend, julie bandaras is live with they're. >> reporter: they have the new public service announcement, the fbi's latest move in what has been a long and frustrating 16-year-old search for the fugitive mob boss, who was on the fbi's ten most wanted list and the ad is geared toward women in hopes of exploiting his long time girlfriend, catherine green's vanity and the campaign which begins airing today, in 14 television markets, points out that she has had several plastic surgeries, and offers a $100,000

reward for her whereabouts and the psa stresses the age difference between the two. >> she is wanted for harboring a fugitive on the fbi's ten most wanted list, the 60-year-old grieg is the girlfriend of the man charged with 19 murders, the tip line, is 1-800-call-fbi. >> reporter: and they have a fresh poster which points out she's known to frequent beauty salons, she was a dental hygienist before going on the lam and the fbi says that she has had impeccable oral hygiene and perfect teeth as a result of monthly visits to the dentist and, grieg used the aliases helen marshall and carol chafton, and the fbi hopes targeting a new audience, and tracking her will lead agents to

bring him to justice. and, despite his age, he is accused of 19 murders, and is still considered to be dangerous and is known to carry a knife. and, the last credible sighting of the world travellers was in london, in 2002 and the fbi now doubled the reward, leading up to his capture to $2 million. bill: should have picked them up in london, thank you. julie bandaras, on the hunt for him, thanks. >> he's not known for pulling punches or sugar-coating the facts. >> control property taxes, stop spending so much. the only way to do it. [applause]. >> want me to wave a magic wanted, there is no madge in wand, everybody. heather: that is what supporters love about him, moments now, his reaction after a woman calls him out on his own children's education. bill: classic christie, too. he said illegal immigrants were partly to blame for starting the biggest wildfire arizona has ever seen.

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in our west coast newsroom. good morning, anita. we're hearing governor brewer is using federal resources to help out all the fires. how's it going? >> reporter: hi there heather. late yesterday afternoon, yesterday brewer -- governor brewer called out members of the national guard to assist in fighting the monument fire, mostly for security purposes. keep in mind this fire is burning south of that massive wallow fire we've been talking about for weeks, burning south of tucson and into mexico, so far, 27,000 acres, heavy wind gusts of up to 60 miles an hour in bone dry conditions led to a dreadful situation over the weekend, with a total of 58 homes and 22 businesses burned, everyone else in harm's way is working to protect their properties, including this pool supply store in sierra vista, which stopped its shipments of chlorine just to stay safe. >> it's surreal. it's something you see in a movie. and you don't see it here behind the lines, but what's going on down there is just

crazy. >> reporter: and so far, some 10,000 people have had to evacuate. now, we believe today there's going to be slowly trickling into their homes. heather: that is so scary for them. we have good news on the horizon. are the winds finally starting to die down a bit? >> reporter: finally, mother nature is lending a helping hand out there in arizona, those winds are going to die down significantly today. the temperatures are also supposed to be a little cooler and that's really going to help firefighters make progress on the fire lines. firefighters say they see a two-day window to use planes and helicopters that were grounded this weekend to drop retardant in some of the most intense parts of the blaze. the fire was 40 percent contained as of yesterday, but hopefully those containment numbers will go up today and more and more people will be able to return home. as for a cause of this fire, no word yet. it's also under investigation. heather: thank you very much, following this from los angeles for us today, anita, thanks. bill: john mccain is answering critics who

slammed him for saying that illegal immigrants are partly to blame for the wildfires in arizona. mccain saying there is substantial evidence showing that some of the fires were started by illegal border crossings. critics argue he is using illegals as scapegoats but here he is on "fox & friends" when asked about that earlier today. >> i am puzzled by the controversy. i mean, it's well known. i did not say that the wallow fire was caused by people who crossed illegally, i just said some of these fires, and that's been amply documented, so i'm still not clear what this is all about, except for activists who somehow want everybody to believe that our border is secured, which it is not. bill: mccain was saying back in 2006, he was advised of that and authorities said the three major fires in arizona were set by people but do not have more details than that. the republican rising star, governor chris christie, out of new jersey, firing back at a woman calling into a television

show after asking a question. now we're going to play the entire clip for you. it runs about a minute. here's the exchange between the two, beginning with the woman from new jersey. >> you don't send your children to public schools, you send them to private schools. so i was wondering why you think it's fair to be cutting school funding to public schools. >> what's her name? >> what's your name, guys, real quick, because the governor is talking. >> what is it? >> gail. >> talk to gail. >> gail off, first off, it's none of your business. i don't ask you where you send your kids to school, don't bother me about where i send mine, secondly, i pay $38,000 a year in property taxes for a public school system predominantly that my wife and i don't choose to utilize because we believe, we've decided, as parents, that we believe a religious education should be part of our children's everyday education, so we send our children to parochial school. third, i as governor am responsible for every child in this state, not just my own, and the decisions that i make are to try to improve the educational

opportunities of every child in this state. with ul due respect, gail, it's none of your business. bill: it is straight talk, whether you like it or not. bob beckel worked in president carter's white house. >> a smirk down there! bill: rich lowry, editor of the national review, both are fox news contributors and good morning, how did christie handle that one, rich? >> he handled it in typical chris christie style, extremely straightforward and frank, and it's this kind of answer that makes him one of the most compelling political personalities in the country because there are very few other politicians that you could imagine answering in this manner. now some, people like it, others don't. this kind of answer, bill s.1 reason he has a big gender gap in new jersey. women are about evenly split, whether they like him or not, but guys in new jersey love him by 58-25 percent according to the latest poll. bill: bob, what do you think about this? you've managed campaigns in the past. >> yes. bill: now, this is who chris christie is, whether you

like it or not or want to change it or not. to rich's last point about whether or not they like him in new jersey, is it effective to him -- for him? >> first of all, number one, it is her business where his kids go to school. he's the governor of the state, and that means everybody as elected officials have to say where their kids go to school. he has a buy on -- a bye on that? >> secondly, i know rich thrieks and people in the tri state area likes it, you try that out west, washington, oregon, they say christie is going to be a great candidate for governor, that kind of style ain't flying in oregon. bill: if they were billions of dollars in debt lick his state was, maybe they would buy it. >> is there any state that's not? >> five, indiana is one of them, north dakota is another. >> i think that kind of style, for new jersey, that's a good thing, that's the kind of style people like? i don't think it's a style for every place else. look, christie has been under a lot of fire, i understand that, he's taken on the public employees'

unions unfairly in my view, and when he talks about teachers and going to his kids' school, let's remember, this is the same guy that used the state helicopter, yes, he paid them back, but -- >> bill: i gotcha. but his big -- his big point, he paid $38,000 a year in property tax and for him, that's they would -- way too high, the highest in the country. you mentioned the approval numbers as a recent poll, that says 44 percent of registered voters approve of him, and numbers were lower for women. but if you look at any state that has gone about to try and enact what christie has done, the governor is always down against the rubs when you try and get this through. but his administration, they wanted $300 million in savings next year. $300 million. they're only getting $10 million. that's just a fraction of what he was after. >> it's very tough work that he has to do there in new jersey. they do have this pension and health care reform bill that's going through with

democratic support, because even the democrats realize that the level of wages and benefits and pensions for the public sector unions are unsustainable because the way it's worked in new jersey and other states around this country is the public sector unions, they're very powerful politically, they elect public officials, who then in turn do their bidding, and that's the way it's worked in new jersey forever, and that's why the state is faced by a tide of red ink, and christie is trying to take it on, but he's just taking initial steps. >> in fairness to christie, it's true that anybody who takes these tough measures is going to have negatives in the polls but the idea that somehow this is all the problem of the public employee unions' pensions is absolutely silly. these people negotiated a contract in good faith, somebody signed it, republicans and democrats, i might add, governors of these states, and so now everybody all of the sudden, it's their problem. well, they've all offered to take back and pay more into their funds, yet they still get beat up. you know, i -- >> bob, the pensions are

going broke. at this rate, they are going broke. >> i understand. >> so the unions have to give something back. it's just a fact of life. and that's why even democrats in the legislature in new jersey are holding hands with the governor to start to begin to do something about this. >> a minority of democrats. a minority of democrats. bill: we're talking over everybody now. by the way, just a few numbers in new jersey, for teachers, retirement age, it goes from 60 to 65, police and firefighters contribute an additional 1.5% of salaries towards pension, for a total of 10 percent. that's what's happening in new jersey this week. rich, thank you, bob, thanks to you as well. >> thanks bill, see you bob. >> take care, rich. heather: we already know that smoking is bad for us but soon we're going to see how bad it is. there is a radical change that's been made to cigarette packs, and we'll tell you all about it and show it to you. bill: also a live look inside the casey anthony courtroom. there she is again. this is videotape from a few moments ago. could we be looking at a

mistrial? the judge's warning and the fall imrowt from judge jenin pirro who's inside that courtroom now, next. >> i want to ask both sides to turn around and look at that clock back there and tell me what time it is. >> 9:25. >> mr. baez. >> 9:26. >> that shows that the two of you were never agree on anything.

bill: graphic new images will appear on cigarette packs from coast to coast in america soon. it is the most significant change in tobacco advertising we have seen on the warning label since -- well, they started 25 years ago, the pictures take up the entire top half of the pack, they show detailed pictures of the negative effects of secondhand smoke, kids in the hospital, for example, parents on life support, that type of thing. cigarette makers now have until the fall of next year to comply with the new laws.

heather: warning from the judge, and talk of this, a possible mistrial. in a captivating murder case against casey anthony, yesterday's proceedings abruptly adjourned, no witness testified, in fact, the jurors weren't even brought in yesterday, judge bell vin perry telling attorneys on both sides to stop wasting the court's time with what he calls gotcha tactic, he says if this continues he'll stop allowing witnesses or evidence. listen here: >> exclusion. even at the price of having to do it all over again, which i don't think i would have to do it all over again, because of repeated violations. exclusion may be the proper remedy if it continues. heather: this judge is ticked off. let's talk to our judge, unjeanine pirro, anchor of "justice with jenin".

she's live at the courthouse in orlando. this judge, very, very angry. are things going better today? >> well, the judge is angry, you're right, heather, but things are not going well for the defense today. another slapdown by the judge, prosecutor gets up and said when i de posed the defense witness he was told he never had to give information to me or to make a report. so the judge says you know what? i'm going to sanction you right now, mr. defense, mr. baez, i'm not going to let you get this testimony in, and we'll deal with this later. but it gets even better, heather. they put on this botanist who has an expertise in the growth of vegetation, and she gets on the stand and she says you know what? it's possible that the body of little caylee was in the woods for two weeks, as little as two weeks. are you kidding? prosecution gets up and says you're telling me that the vegetation grew through this child's skull in two weeks? she says it's possible. and then when he presses her

on it as to her experience with vegetation in florida, she says well, you know, i don't really have expertise in skeletons. then he says to her, by the way, if you think this is a 2-week recovery scene, location of the body, then tell me how a bone of this child's is buried in 4 inches of muck. he says -- she says well, it could have been a coyote. and of course, ashton says, you know, we don't have coyotes down here. terrible day for the defense. heather: a judge -- judge t. seems like the strategy on the part of the defense is throw everything out there, try to plant some seeds of doubt in the minds of jurors. would you agree with that? >> yes. and you know what? i understand it, i get t. i've tried these cases as a judge and as a prosecutor, but you've got to be credible. you've got to let this jury know, you know, we know what's at stake here. the death penalty is at stake. what we've got is a woman who may be killed as a result of this. we can't just say gee, her father molested her every

day and we've got this botanist who thinks that weeds grow through skeletons in two weeks but by the way, they doesn't have experienced on it and changed her mind in a minute. our experts are not being told they've got to give this information to the court or the prosecution? this is just a mess. heather: let me just jump in here. there's a pressing angle, the idea that this entire case could be completely thrown out. what do you think is going to happen? because some are saying this is, quote, a legal meltdown and that the entire case could be in jeopardy. >> well, you know, i think when the judge said yesterday, he said look, even if i have to try this thing all over again, he was talking about excluding evidence on the part of the defense, where they are not following the rules of discovery. not so much throwing out the prosecution's case, but basically, saying look, the risk here, mr. defense, mr. defendant, is i can exclude all your evidence and i don't want to do this because your client is entitled to a fair trial. i think, though, if there is a conviction, the number one

point on appeal is incompetence or of counsel as it relates to the defense. heather: you heard it there, possible appeal and strong arguments for that. jenin pirro, thank you very much, joining us from orlando. we'll talk to you again real soon. you can catch judge jenin pirro on fox, 9:00 p.m. on saturdays, catch the entire trial also streaming live, foxnews.com. bill: join online while we're on the air here! heather: you can do both. bill: jenna lee is coming up in 15 minutes. what's happening, jenna? >> we have vice presidential candidate tim pawlenty as our guest today. one of the questions we'll be asking him is about the new dismal housing numbers we got hours away. what's his plan? the town hall is back, america's asking, what do you want to know about the state of the housing market? go to foxnews.com/happening now, click on the america's asking tab and bill, we might even ask your question! bill: thank you for that! i'm watching the calendar

for you, by the way. almost that time, jenna. hearts are breaking all over america! >> heather: the wedding! jenna: i think i'm -- i think i'm ten days away? >> bill: we know! see you soon. police say he robbed a bank, demanding $1. why a man says he wanted to go to prison, wanted to go to prison. this guy right here:

bill: now to our ongoing series, ten ways to save the economy, new numbers out this morning showing the housing market is dropping further, existing home sales, month of may, are down nearly 4 percent, the lowest level so far this year, and james rosen is on this story, live in d.c. how do we fix it, james? >> reporter: bill, good morning. the first thing to understand about the housing market is that there is not just one housing market. there are literally hundreds of them, with their

condition and their outlook varying from locale to locale. what's going on in florida and nevada is quite different from san diego and washington, d.c. two cities where home prices have held fairly stable. but when you average all of the locales together, you get a generally negative picture. as with consumer confidence, wrvment rit large, the confidence of potential home buyers and home sellers who make up one discreet segment of the our economy rests to a gray -- great degree on psychology. >> part of it is uncertainty and part of it is how much of the buying is contingent on selling. if you own an existing home and you're looking to buy, you need to sell your home, and i think a lot of people are reluctant to sell and take the kind -- take the kind of -- realize at least what was mentally a loss. you know, they still probably get more than they paid for it. >> >> reporter: president obama and his housing secretary have sought to aid

homeowners who fsk foreclosure are loan modification programs but those programs have not helped as many as analysts hoped. economists for fannie mae, the federally backed mortgage giant, said the housing market continues to drag down the u.s. economy as a whole with consistently high levels of inventory. >> a signal that would be extremely important for government to send to everyone that would restore -- actually probably a relatively balanced market, not without friction, is to say the government is not going to interfere in the housing market anymore. >> reporter: that's a conservative solution for a liberal one. tune in tonight, "special report" with bret baier, 6:00 p.m. eastern. i'll be there, hope you will, too. heather: this guy robbed a bank and then demanded a dollar. that's right, a dollar. he sat down and waited for police. we'll tell you why he wants to go to jail and why he won't get his wish. flush

heather: well, you are not

going to -- going to believe this story, police say this guy walked into a bank, claimed that he had a gun, then demanded 1 dollar, he then apparently sits down and waits for police to show up. why did he do this? because 59-year-old richard verone said he wanted to get to prison in order to get health care. he says he suffers from a growth in his chest, two ruptured disks and most importantly, no job. he figures a stint in prison would get him the medical care he needed. there's the problem. he's facing larceny charges, instead of armed robbery, if convicted he's likely to get about 12 months behind bars and that is not long enough to get him the treatment he would need. bill: sounds tough! it was not enough. heather: go to the hospital. bill: pop on into the emergency room! good to be with you. heather: you too! bill: we'll have a roll of the dice tomorrow, right? heather: one more down. bill: jon and jenna take over now for "hap